Highlights
Quality
Server was a breeze to setup and everything was configured exactly as mentioned.
The (not aggressive) scraping also removed some of the product code.
The product code label on the windows server 2019 oem had a peel/scrape off sticker that has to be removed to reveal the full product code.
One thing i wish i had realized is that the "server raid controller: smart array s100i gen10" is a software raid controller, no... Read More
Shipping
Arrived on time though tracking initially said it would be a few days later than amazon had promised.
Support was quite helpful but you have to go through amazon contact seller and wait for a reply until (after asking) they give ... Read More
Packaging/appearance
Included in the box was a liteon external usb optical drive rather than the internal drive shown in the pics.
Looking again at the packaging it turned out one of the four was a faster ksm32ed8/16hd.
The package arrived well packed and all parts were present with the exception of the hpe supplied usb drive to facilitate o/s setup.
Competitiveness
Probably can buy the same thing and drives / ram etc elsewhere for a slightly better price, but having all from one supplier wh... Read More
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- This product had a total of 16 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 12 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Arrived on time though tracking initially said it would be a few days later than amazon had promised
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Box arrived inside was the hp sealed server box with label saying it was an e2224 a lesser 4core cpu than the e2136 hexcore i had ordered
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It took a couple days for aventis to tell me to open the sealed box and turn the machine on as they believed it actually did have an e2136 and to my amazement it did
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The four ddr4 ram sticks were kingston ksm29es816me or so i thought but after installing i noticed one of the sticks was a slightly different color
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Looking again at the packaging it turned out one of the four was a faster ksm32ed816hd
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I contacted support again and wasted another day or two as i was concerned the mismatch might be an issue
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Included in the box was a liteon external usb optical drive rather than the internal drive shown in the pics
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Also the windows 2109 server was not the retail edition as illustrated but the oem version